Holder for cleaning utensils.



A.. A; RITTER. HOLDER FOR' CLEANING UTE'NSILS. i APPLICATION FILED 0CT.27. l19.15. l L 87,39 l Patented June 13, 1916.

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APPLICATION'HLED ocT. 27. 1915. A

Patented June 13 1916.

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FI "l i ND A. RITTER, 0F WEEHWKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO RITTER MANUFAC- TUBING' COMPANY, OF RAILROAD, PENNSYDVANI, A CORPORATION OF DELA- WARE.

, HOLDER FOR CLEANING UTENSILS.

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Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented June i3, 1316.

A animation mea octoberav, 19:15.l spermine. 68,129.

To all whom t may concern.' l

Be it known that I, ARMAND A. RITTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weehawken, county of Hudson, and State of New- Jersey, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Cleaning Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters mar-kedvthereon, which form a partof this speciication. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

The princi al object of the invention is to interchangea ly mount cleaning utensils such as mops and brushes of diierent kinds upon the `same handle-stick.

Another object of the invention is to provide, as an article of manufacture, a mop- Wringer and support for mops of diderent kinds. l

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.,

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in f perspective, showing my improved mop- Wringer and holder for mops and brushes with a scrubbing-brush detachably mounted thereupon. Fig. 2 is a view in perspectlve of they scrubbing-brush and its supporting frame detached from the handle-stick. F ig. 3 is a similar view of a mop or brush formed of strands of cord, and the frame upon which the same is supported, the device shown in Fig. 3 being interchangeable with --that shown in Fig. 2, upon the handle-stick shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view inv per-y spective of the cross-bar-fra-me detached 4from the handle-stick. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation showing the handle-stick and the parts permanently mounted thereon used as a sup ort and wringer for a mop-cloth.

`Referrlng to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1 is the handle-stick having vsecured upon one of its ends a cross-bar-frame formed of a single piece of wire bent at its middle to form a loop), 2, adapted to embrace the stick,

the frame ing of general triangular form having cross-bars, 3, extending in opposite directlons from the loop, '2 and the handlestick, and brace-rods, 4, extending from the outer ends of the cross-bars,

to the handle-stick to which their ends are secured by `a bolt or rivet 5.

As shown in Figs. l and 2, a scrubbingbrush, 6, is mounted` upon a supporting frame made of a single piece of wire bent at its middle to form a loop-portion, 7, adapted to engage a laterally projectingstud, 8, on the handle-stick and having its ends bent to form hooks, 9 9, engageable with the respective cross-bars, 3 3. Intermediate portions, 10 10 of this vwire-frame pass through. the back of the brush, 6, and form supports for the brush; and these brush-supporting portions or members are in a plane at substantially right angles to the plane of the loop-portion 7.. The distance between the loop-end of the loop-portion, 7, and the hooks, 9 9, is Lsomewhat less than the distance between the stud, 8, and the cross-bars, 3 3, but of the wire-frame is such as to permit the loop-portion, 7, after the hooks, 9 9, have been engaged with the cross-bars, 3 3, to be sprung over the stud, 8, to the position shown in F ig. 1, in which position the brush 1s detachably, though vsecurely mounted upon the handle-stick. 1

The form and texture ofthe brush may loe varied as desired.

ln Fig. 3, l have shown a brush-supportportions, a t, adapted to engage the crossbars 3 3, and intermediate portions at ri ht angles tothe loop-portion, 7, upon which is mounted a brush, 6a, made of strands of cord or rope forming a floor-brush or mop, such as is used for applying oil to doors. The frame and brush or mo thus formed are mounted upon the hand e-stick in the same manner as the device shown in Fig.. 2, by engaging the hooks, 9- with the respective cross-bars, 3 3, and springing the loop-portion, 7'", over the stud 8.

To adapt the handle-stick for use as a wringer and holder .for a wet mop, l provide the handle-stick near its end with oppositely projecting-studs, 21 21, with which one end of a mop-cloth, 11, can be detachably connected by means of cord, 12, the other end of the mop-cloth being engageable with a double hook, 13, on the lower end of a crank-shaft, 14, which is rotatively mounted in a bearing, 15, obliquely to the the resiliencyhandle-stick The bearing, 15, is preferev ably formed of a wire-coil having its ends, 16 and 17, kextending through the handlestick, the end, 17, projecting out from the to prevent the shaft, 14, from being pulled so far upward that the hook, 13, engages the handle-stick 1. .In using the wet mop,

the surplus water is wrung out of the cloth by rotating the crank-shaft, 14, to cause the mop-cloth t be tightly twisted, as shown in Fig. 5. After the surplus water is removed, the mop-cloth is untwisted by revesely rotating the crank-shaft until the mop-cloth forms a simple loop, as indicated by dotted lines 11a, in Fig. 5.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a holder for a cleaning utensil, the combination with a handle having oppositely projecting cross-bars, and a laterally projecting stud; of a frame of resilient material having cleaning utensil supporting rods terminating in hooks engageable with the respective crossbars and a stud-engaging member forming an angle with said rods.

2. .In a holder for a brush cleaning uten- Sil, the combination with a handle having oppositely projecting cross-bars, and a lat.

erallyprojecting stud; of a frame formed' sil, the combination with a handle having a laterali projecting stud; of a head formed o a single piece ,of wire with its middle portion secured in engagement with the end of the handle and bentto the general form of a triangle forming oppositely projecting cross-bars and diagonal braces extending from the ends of the cross-bars to the handle and secured thereto; and a frame formed of a single piece of wire bent at its middle to form a loop-portion engageable with said stud and having its ends bent to form hooks engageable with said cross-bars and having intermediate portions bent divergently from said loop-portion forming cleaning utensil supporting members.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of October, 1915.

ARMAND A. RITTER. Witnesses:

W. G. ALLEN, WM. H. BROWN. 

